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An U.N peacekeeper takes position in Mays al-Jabal, southern Lebanon, Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)

Israeli military sets up roadblocks in southern Lebanon and announces it won’t withdraw by deadline

The Israeli military has set up roadblocks across border towns and roads in a strategic valley in southern Lebanon. The activity Saturday comes a day before the deadline for it to withdraw from the … more

By KAREEM CHEHAYEB | 1/25/25

In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, shakes hands with President of Moldova Maia Sandu in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)

US has not stopped military aid to Ukraine, Zelenskyy says

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says the U.S. has not stopped military aid to Ukraine after newly sworn in U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced he would pause foreign aid grants for … more

By SAMYA KULLAB | 1/25/25

Police patrol in Tibu, Colombia, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025, following guerrilla attacks that have killed dozens of people and forced thousands to flee their homes in the Catatumbo region. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

Colombia offers $700,000 reward for information on ELN rebel leaders

Colombia’s government is offering a roughly $700,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of four leaders of a rebel group behind the deadly violence affecting a … more

1/25/25

CAPTION CORRECTS YEAR A UN armoured personnel carrier burns during clashes with M23 rebels outside Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)

2 South African peacekeepers killed fighting rebels in eastern Congo

A United Nations official says two U.N. peacekeepers from South Africa have been killed fighting M23 rebels in eastern Congo. The official said Saturday that the peacekeepers were killed on Friday. … more

By JUSTIN KABUMBA and MARK BANCHEREAU | 1/25/25

FILE - Archbishop of Lima Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne celebrates a Mass, Jan. 18, 2001 in Lima, Peru. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia, File)

Opus Dei cardinal acknowledges Vatican sanctioned him after abuse allegation but denies wrongdoing

The once-powerful archbishop of Peruvian capital Lima and the first-ever cardinal of Opus Dei has acknowledged that the Vatican had imposed sanctions on him in 2019 following an allegation of sexual … more

By NICOLE WINFIELD | 1/25/25

Secretary of State Marco Rubio greets State Department staff during a welcome event at the State Department, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

China tells Rubio to behave himself in veiled warning

China’s veteran foreign minister has issued a veiled warning to America’s new secretary of state: Behave yourself. Foreign Minister Wang Yi conveyed the message in a phone call Friday, their … more

By KEN MORITSUGU | 1/25/25

FILE - A group of Jews, including a small boy, is escorted from the Warsaw Ghetto by German soldiers on April 19, 1943. (AP Photo, File)

Auschwitz was liberated 80 years ago. The spotlight is on survivors as their numbers dwindle

Commemorations are being held Monday to mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp by Soviet troops. This year's event takes on additional poignancy due to the advanced … more

By VANESSA GERA | 1/25/25

In this image released by Philippine Coast Guard, a Chinese Coast Guard boat sails around Sandy Cay in the South China Sea Friday, Jan. 24, 2025. (Philippine Coast Guard via AP)

Philippines accuses China's forces of harassing fisheries vessels in the South China Sea

The Philippine coast guard says Chinese coast guard ships and a Chinese navy helicopter harassed a group of Philippine fisheries vessels conducting a scientific survey in a hotly disputed area of the … more

By JIM GOMEZ | 1/24/25

UN troops deploy outside Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Friday, Jan. 24, 2025, as M23 rebels are reported to close in on the town. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)

What to know about the escalating conflict in eastern Congo as rebels close in on Goma

Fighting has escalated sharply in recent weeks in eastern Congo, where rebels have seized key towns and are closing in on the city of Goma, the government’s last stronghold in the North Kivu … more

By MONIKA PRONCZUK and MARK BANCHEREAU | 1/24/25

Thousands of protesters gather to oppose the policies of Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico in Bratislava, Slovakia, Friday, Jan. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos)

Tens of thousands protest in Slovakia over pro-Russia policies of populist leader Fico

Tens of thousands of people in Slovakia have gathered at squares and street across the country to voice their opposition to the pro-Russia policies of populist Prime Minister Robert Fico. The latest … more

1/24/25

Congolese government troops deploy outside Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Friday, Jan. 24, 2025, as M23 rebels are reported to close in on the town. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)

Governor of Congo's North-Kivu province dies of his wounds in fighting with rebels, authorities say

Authorities say the governor of eastern Congo’s North-Kivu province has died from injuries sustained on the front line as M23 rebels close in on Goma. M23 made significant territorial gains in … more

By JUSTIN KABUMBA and MARK BANCHEREAU | 1/24/25

Lebanese village of Meiss El-Jabal is seen from across the border in north Israel, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Netanyahu suggests Israel might not complete its withdrawal from Lebanon by a ceasefire deadline

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has suggested that Israel might not withdraw all of its forces from Lebanon by a deadline set in its ceasefire with Hezbollah. Israel is supposed to complete its … more

1/24/25

UN suspends all trips into Houthi-held areas of Yemen over staffers being detained

The United Nations on Friday suspended all travel into areas held by Yemen’s Houthi rebels after more of their staff were detained by the rebels. The Houthis have already detained U.N. staffers, as … more

By JON GAMBRELL | 1/24/25

Nour Abu Al Zamar salvage items from under the rubble of her destroyed family home, in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025, days after the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas came into effect. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Israelis await names of next 4 hostages to be released by Hamas as part of the ceasefire

Relatives of hostages still being held by militants in Gaza have called on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to ensure all remaining captives are freed. They're also appealing to U.S. … more

By SHLOMO MOR and WAAFA SHURAFA | 1/24/25

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a cabinet meeting via videoconference at Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside of Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025. (Gavriil Grigorov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Kremlin scoffs at Trump's claim that a drop in oil prices will help end Ukraine conflict

The Kremlin says a settlement in Ukraine can't be facilitated by a drop in global oil prices as U.S. President Donald Trump has suggested. Addressing the annual World Economic Forum on Thursday, … more

1/24/25

A woman directs passengers at the departure hall at the Beijing West Railway Station ahead of the Lunar New Year in Beijing on Friday, Jan. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

China's Lunar New Year travel rush kicks into high gear with 9 billion trips expected

China’s Lunar New Year travel rush has kicked into high gear, with billions of trips expected in coming days for the peak of the 40-day annual mass migration. It's the world’s biggest annual … more

1/24/25

A fallen tree across the North Road in east Belfast, Northern Ireland, where residents have been urged to stay at home as the entire island braces for the arrival of Storm Eowyn, Friday Jan. 24, 2025. (David Young/PA via AP)

A fierce storm is lashing Ireland and Scotland with record winds, downing power lines

Ireland has been hit with record wind gusts of 114 miles (183 kilometers) an hour as a winter storm batters the country and northern parts of the U.K. Schools have been closed, trains halted and … more

1/24/25

Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba delivers a policy speech marking the start of this year's parliamentary session in Tokyo, Friday, Jan. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Japan's leader says he's preparing for tough negotiations with Trump on maintaining US presence

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, struggling to stabilize his minority government, says he will seek to maintain regional security and prepare for tough negotiations with U.S. President Donald … more

By MARI YAMAGUCHI | 1/24/25

Aline Minani holds a photo of Floribert Bwana Chui Bin Kositi, a Congolese man killed for fighting corruption in 2007, and whose beatification was approved by Pope Francis, in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, Sunday, Dec. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)

Killed for fighting corruption, a Congolese man made a martyr is inspiring a new generation

When a 25-year-old government worker was asked in 2007 to allow spoiled rice from Rwanda to be transported across the border to eastern Congo, he knew the risks of resisting corruption. The young man … more

By JUSTIN KABUMBA | 1/24/25

Naftali Fürst will never forget his first view of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, on November 3, 1943, when he was 12. SS soldiers threw open the doors of the cattle car, where he was crammed in with his mother, father, brother, and more than 80 others. Fürst, now 92, is returning to Auschwitz for the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi’s most notorious death camp. (AP Video: Moshe Edri)

After 80 years, not many Auschwitz survivors are left. One man makes telling the stories his mission

A Holocaust survivor who lived through four concentration camps as a young boy will return to Auschwitz to mark 80 years since the liberation of one of the Nazi's most notorious concentration camps. … more

By MELANIE LIDMAN | 1/24/25